Thursday, August 19, 2010

Ted Lilly pitches a CG SHO two-hitter, allowing a Reed Johnson two-run HR to standup as the Dodgers' only runs necessary. Tony Olivo's tossing (arguing a called third strike) provided the only excitement in an otherwise tame game. But the Dodgers stave off falling to .500 for at least another two days. Seven back in the Wild Card, not that that's relevant anymore...

I do think the Deuce routine albeit cute is a little child exploitationish at this stage. Maybe this will finally convince them to cut DSB altogether (for the second game that I've attended, no Jameson Moss, yet we still played the song despite the fact we were winning).

I didn't know you were headed to the Yard, Sax. Did you stay til the end? If so, was it a pretty good ovation for Teddy? I read some Tweets that said it was pretty loud for him. Hope so. Local boy done good! He said he was emotional afterward having grown ip around Dodgers an always wanting to pitch there.

Lily will probably pitch well for the rest of the season. The Dodgers will either let him go a la Randy Wolf and get nothing for him, infuriating fans like me. Or we will sign him for too much money and he will be Ted Lily, infuriating fans like me.

Yes, that's a bit irritating. I do not much care what the twitterati think, however. Everyone likes to play armchair GM now and then, but I don't think it should suck all the joy out of being a baseball fan.

Thus, I refrain from punching myself in the face repeatedly about how much the Dodgers suck.

I look at their tweets as lowbrow humor and hubris. Most are stat-driven geeks who figure their mathematical leanings are the way to "truly" enjoy the game. At the end of the day, it's still a game. Stats can't predict shit, or Juan Pierre wouldn't have a job.

As for Lilly; he's older than Randy Wolf, but could be more effective the way he throws. He reminds me of Maddux without the 300 wins and Cy Youngs.

I understand we can't trade the whole farm for regular and experienced players but it doesn't mean the Dodgers can gamble once in a while or a lot, depending on the needs.

They whine about a losing team AND the same time they whine about trading "prospects".If they don't have cash, how on earth are they going to fill the empty places?.At the end of the day, the trade that brought Barba to LA was beneficial for the team,even if he hasn't had a good season.

@Dusty Baker by the way, bullying @rbaly79 for Twitter, it's not cool,at all.A part of me wishes I could give that person the rudest reply ever.

4.Casual: its casual, meaning "its whatever" or "its chill"; also can be used to describe random objects that you see.

12.Casual:a casual alcoholic beverage; beer is the number one casual beverage. the ideal situation for drinking casual is when you just get home from a long day at work, or when you just want to enjoy a few casuals with the boys(close friends/chums)

I'm also like to be the "voice of reason" (Here come the flames, watch out.) We have a ton of holes to fill for next season. At this point we should start focusing on that reality, rather than hope to jump Philly/St. Louis for a Wild Card.

I'm actually (mostly) with Neeebs. Even if we do make a Rockies-like run, the holes are still there.

I just think it would be advantageous to not burn the Lilly bridge (again). I would leave him out of the fire sale for now, even with MSTI being right about him having the most value right this second.

OK, since I started the whole thing, let me finish the thought (need I remind you all of my AC record). Roberto, indeed, was the one who tweeted about certain trades making the "casual fan" happy. He was tweeting in reply to something Argyledplaschke (KempKershaw) wrote about trading future talent for "right now" talent (or something like that).I took that as a "bread and circuses" type of comment. In other words, Colletti is making trades to keep the butts in the seats, no matter the cost. We the "casual fan" will be more than happy to keep buying tickets as long as the Mannys keep rotating though The Ravine.

I see most of the bloggers (present company excepted) as stat-driven fans, using imaginary mathematical formulas to rationalize their criticisms. I also don't see Roberto in that group, but he did say tweet what he tweeted. I just called it like I saw it.

As a few of us were explaining recently, in particular myself, I do like statistics - a lot - but I just don't view them as the entrant into my love for the game. Statistics can often after the fact reveal a player's or a team's talent, and I enjoy what they reveal in that regard. But I don't rely on them to help my understanding of a player or of the game, and certainly not to help my enjoyment of the game itself as it is played out.

I like it as a tool to understand the game, but I try not to forget that numbers aren't why I love the game. Lord knows that Ned and I aren't on the same page most of the time, but I'm not getting paid to run a baseball team, so I'm not going to get worked up into a lather over it.

If by any chance you don't what Nincompoop is, it's a foolish or stupid person.

@Dusty Baker I meant "such"

@Rbnlaw my mistake,then.I thought he was bullying Roberto.I admit I have a sort of bad predisposition because (at least the ones on Twitter) are very pretentious, rude with whoever doesn't share their opinions,gloomy and cynic,all the time. I started following some and stopped to do so, others I followed through replies of fellow SoSGers.Then I mixed it with the fact that I like Roberto very much.I'm sorry,very sorry.I like statistics very much but there are certain things that can't be measured. For example, I agree 100% about what Paul said over psychological aspects.Let's take James Loney,for example, though he's not hitting his usual self lately, his production is constant and he drives lots of runs and he's very good defensively,so I don't care if those are old-fashioned stats or if he isn't very much of a power hitter.

@Mr C that's the other thing: all the merciless ripping, there's a reason they get paid to be managers and GMs while others,like us, just dedicate a precious amount of time not only to Dodgers baseball, but baseball in general

@Rbnlaw p.s I don't know what it means but I like how it sounds: "no sweat,my pet"

@Mr LASF because they're pretentious! and they are not precisely light-hearted in the way they approach their Dodgers writing. The Sons can be serious as you can possibly be,but they also feature articles when good humor and a laugh are the key themes, that's why they have the loyal faithful who love Dodgers baseball and randomness, either Dodgers related or not :)I didn't post anything on any Dodgers blog 'till I started posting here, mainly because I was scared to be treated like a baby or a stupid.If I am both of those things,at least you have the patience to ignore me :)